Finding qualified help

[Hallback]

I'm about ready to kick my feet up and settle in to a county dump truck position for the rest of my career. These kids that think they're gonna get somewhere can have this loggin'

 

[mekanik]

I work 7.5 hours two days a week now that I's semi retired. It will fill in until I qualify for my Canada and old age security pensions. Its a pretty good deal but some how I was talked into doing a head gasket on a Maxxfarce 10.
I prefer the smaller jobs that get done in a day or two.

 

[Truck Shop]

 

[Coaldust]

In for the bump.

End of the year and I'm running the numbers at NorthernTankService LLC.

Turns out. I'm Employee of the F'kn Year! Can you even believe that? I was only sober for 1/2 of 2022. Late everyday, except for lunch break.

I'm getting assigned my own parking spot for Pickup 87. Yeah. No joke.

 

[skyking1]

I work 7.5 hours two days a week now that I's semi retired. It will fill in until I qualify for my Canada and old age security pensions. Its a pretty good deal but some how I was talked into doing a head gasket on a Maxxfarce 10.
I prefer the smaller jobs that get done in a day or two.

Sounds like my winter. I worked last Wednesday, made 3 trips with the dump truck and called it 8. Nothing since then. I stopped by to fill in a time card today.

 

[DMiller]

I am Still getting pinged for job requests, even the shop I just left said were awaiting my return first of year, thinking gonna bow out. Wife still pushing I need go back to work where I am ignoring her.

Finally getting used to my own schedule and my own priorities not having to punch a time card or record miles.

 

[John C.]

I'm not even an employee in my own company? I do have a reserved parking space though.

In some ways it has been nice to not have to be somewhere in nasty weather with the truck in four wheel drive to get there and mud half way up on my rubber boots.

 

[DMiller]

Had argument with a twit, whined about cost at dealer for repairs that were not warranty covered, six year old machine. Explained should be doing such work himself(30 something year old), said no mechanical aptitude where I returned with 'well then just accept the cost'. He went on to explain USED to get work on older car done at local garage, they closed, said owner was not that old and inferred was HIS fault he had to turn to dealer by retiring. Let him have five minutes as to what Age means and how with age the ability to use hands or back wanes where likely HAD to retire for health. Got that damned Deer in Headlights Blink, Blink. People have no clue is a Mechanic Shortage, they see the shops closing, never put two and two equals four together. Dealers here have a average three week wait list to get in for diagnostics, only jobs that change that priority are emergency vehicles and city services required repairs. HDT and Eq garages are even more disadvantaged, Fabick Cat schedules around when can pull road techs in due to adverse weather to work off shop back logs, Freightliner and Pete can only deal day to day around opened service bays, KW works against warranty backlog to get general customers in which averages around one to two weeks. Most shops here have one mechanic working three to four bays with jobs tied up for days on parts.

 

[mekanik]

A job tied up for days waiting for part isn't bad. We have trucks here some times for weeks waiting for parts.

 

[skyking1]

I'm not even an employee in my own company? I do have a reserved parking space though.

In some ways it has been nice to not have to be somewhere in nasty weather with the truck in four wheel drive to get there and mud half way up on my rubber boots.

In some ways? IN SOME WAYS?!!!

 

[DMiller]

Saw You all's ice storm footage, would NOT have been fun on Seattle area Roads!!!

 

[John C.]

Only lasted a little over a day. What was on the tube was about the end of the storm with the ice partially melting and water on top. Somehow the news media picks up on the idiots and lunatics.

We went to Portland, Oregon on Saturday morning with no troubles. Portland had a couple of inches of snow still on the roads and the thaw was hitting hard. Lots of standing water on the roads when we left on Monday afternoon.